Very Best Of Saga CD

This collection contains material from Canadian prog rockers Saga, including "Wind Him Up" and "Flyer."

In the wake of Rush's commercial success, suddenly quite a few Canadian prog rock acts began appearing on the scene, for instance Triumph, FM, Max Webster, and Saga. The latter group is best known in the U.S. for scoring a sizeable hit during the early days of MTV, "On the Loose," but the group issued many an album over the ensuing years, and the 2004 compilation The Very Best of Saga manages to collect most of their career highlights. While their big brothers Rush began "prog" then later embraced melody, it appears as though Saga was pop-minded all along. Picture a cross between synth pop-sters the Buggles and early-'80s-era Rush, and you're not far off from the style that Saga specialized in. It also turns out that the group had quite a few other selections that mixed both musical worlds as "On the Loose" did, as evidenced by such standouts here as "How Long," "Wind Him Up," "The Flyer," and "What Do I Know" (the latter being Saga's last notable U.S. radio hit, back in 1985). Saga continues to crank out albums on a regular basis, but most longtime fans will agree that their best work occurred during the late '70s to mid-'80s, and that's the exact period that the 15-track The Very Best of Saga focuses on. ~ Greg Prato

In the wake of Rush's commercial success, suddenly quite a few Canadian prog rock acts began appearing on the scene -- Triumph, FM, Max Webster, and Saga. The latter group is best known in the U.S. for scoring a sizeable hit during the early days of MTV, "On the Loose," but the group issued many an album over the ensuing years, and the 2004 import compilation, The Very Best of Saga manages to collect most of their career highlights. While their big brothers Rush started out "prog" and then later embraced melody, it appears as though Saga was pop-minded all along. Picture a cross between synth popsters the Buggles and early-'80s era Rush, and you're not far off from the style that Saga specialized in. It also turns out that the group had quite a few other selections that mixed both musical worlds, as "On the Loose" did, as evidenced by such standouts here as "How Long," "Wind Him Up," "The Flyer," and "What Do I Know" (the latter being Saga's last notable U.S. radio hit, back in 1985). Saga continues to crank out albums on a regular basis, but most longtime fans will agree that their best work occurred during the late '70s to mid-'80s, and that's the exact period that the 15-track Very Best Of focuses on. ~ Greg Prato

Collection of 15 storming hits by this Canadian Hard Rock band, who've been mixing their own brand of Rock 'N Roll with touches of Prog Rock, creating the trademark Saga sound. Features 'Wind Him Up', 'Wildest Dreams', 'The Flyer', 'How Long' and more. Universal.